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Memento Mori: What It Means to Me Seven Years Later

August 16, 2020 by Andrew Ferreira Leave a Comment

Death is like thunder.  You know it’s there but afar in the distance.  But, it comes not with a bang but a whisper.   Those were the opening words I spoke at my grandfather’s funeral when he passed three years ago.   For some reason, death has always intrigued me.  Still, in this moment, I […]

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How To Build Discipline: Why You Must Show Up Everyday

July 13, 2020 by Andrew Ferreira Leave a Comment

It’s piercing. Picture a boa constrictor collapsing on helpless prey. Slowly, inch by inch, your breath escapes, the tension rises. It doesn’t hurt until the end. Imagine the moment a lion finishes a zebra. You tap, you bow, you say thank you. I haven’t missed a day of Jiu Jitsu since I began. I’ve been […]

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How to Build Discipline 101: Start Journaling

July 10, 2020 by Andrew Ferreira Leave a Comment

I have a question I need you to answer: are you a looney liberal or a cranky conservative?  Good.  The answer isn’t important; just realize that if you lean more left or right, that’s part of your framework in which you view the world.  Ok, let’s move on from politics, yikes. When you consider your […]

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5 Ways to Swing a Kettlebell

August 14, 2016 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

  The kettlebell is literally the most underutilized tool in most commercial gyms. Many places have dozens of them, while other gyms have a shitty plastic one collecting spiderwebs in the corner. Some gyms have none. Others have only kettlebells, and do all of their fitness related activities with that tool. Still, very few people […]

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Rookie Mistakes in Spring Training

February 19, 2016 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

  The time is here. For a baseball fanatic this is the greatest time of the year, and the only month that will be filled only with promise and positivity. The regular season, by nature is a roller coaster marathon ride that only the resilient survive, both fan and player. In my eight seasons of […]

Filed Under: Baseball, Human Performance, Pitching, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: baseball, bullpen, condtioning, physical preparation, pitchers and catchers, professional baseball, show me strength, spring training, spring training mistakes

11 Ways to Goblet Squat

December 16, 2015 by Chad Rodgers 8 Comments

I am of the belief that no one, and I mean NO ONE is above the goblet squat. No one is too strong, too mobile, too in shape, or too advanced to grab a dumbbell or kettlebell and drop into the goblet squat. Just about everyone I see as a personal training client will either perform […]

Filed Under: Build Muscle, Fat Loss, General, Human Performance, Look Better Naked, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cal Dietz, Dan John, Goblet squat, Mobility, Squat, squatting, strength and conditioning, Tony Gentilcore, Triphasic

The Biggest Problems With Your Offseason

November 18, 2015 by Chad Rodgers 1 Comment

  I’ve got a bone to pick. A few actually..but as a relatively newish retired baseball player, I’ve grown to see my past, the current state of the game, and the future of the sport in a different light. When playing, I had blinders on. I was totally wrapped up and obsessed in accomplishment and […]

Filed Under: Baseball, General, Hacking Your Offseason, Human Performance, Pitching, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: baseball, baseball performance, offseason training

Intelligent Core Finishers (Part 1)

July 30, 2015 by Chad Rodgers 5 Comments

  There’s not a much more satisfying feeling in fitness than waking up with some nice sore abs from your workout the previous day. I’ll happily attest to that, as I’ve never been one to naturally have abs carved out of stone and a super low body fat percentage. <– (Beer and too much chipotle […]

Filed Under: Fat Loss, General, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: @showmestrength, abs, core, core performance, finishers, intelligent ab training, mike robertson

6 Weeks to Shredded 2.0

July 2, 2015 by Andrew Ferreira Leave a Comment

  After much debate, Chad and I have decided to re-open our 6 Weeks to Shredded program.  It’s not that we had any concern over whether or not our methodology worked because it did.  In fact, when we first devised the program I remarked to Chad that the science is too good to fail.  Obviously, […]

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5 Reasons your Baseball Team is Full of “Dad Bods”

May 21, 2015 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

If there is one sport that totally encapsulates the “dad bod” phenomenon, it is baseball. It’s just one of those activities that doesn’t take tremendous fitness prowess to be great at. In fact, while it might seem like baseball players look fit (uniforms hide a lot), for the most part they are just skilled at […]

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